Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog

Today the Reut Institute published a document citing a variety of quotes which suggest that the Palestinian inversion towards the Principle of the Two-State Solution may be reaching a point of no return.

In a previous document, the Reut Institute brought a series of statements showing the trend of the traditionally ‘moderate’ Palestinian camp away from the Two State Solution.

In the past few weeks, this trend has leapt dramatically. An increasing group of Palestinians are now reconsidering this principle including senior public figures traditionally identified with the ‘Principle of Historic Compromise’ such as Sari Nusseibeh. Jibril Rajoub and Qadurra Fares.

Even President Abu-Mazen has threatened to dissolve the PA if negotiations fail, while his chief negotiator Abu-Ala has gone as far as threatening a bi-national state.

In this context, the Israeli political system’s likely degeneration into an election period, the ‘expiration date’ of the Annapolis process at the end of 2008 without agreement and the official termination of Abu-Mazen’s Presidential term in January 09′ may ultimately act as a tipping point for an official Palestinian inversion towards the Two State Solution.

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